Live auction - brm_309923 - MAXIMUS CAESAR Sesterce
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 30 June 2015 15:04:20 |
Type : Sesterce
Date: 237
Mint name / Town : Roma
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 22,26 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 6e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage sur un flan large et ovale, idéalement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Portrait de Maxime César de toute beauté et revers ayant conservé l’intégralité de ses détails les plus fins. Magnifique patine vert foncé. Conserve l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : MAXIMVS CAES GERM.
Obverse description : Buste drapé, tête nue de Maxime à droite, vu de trois quarts en arrière (A°21) ; portrait C.
Obverse translation : “Maximus Cæsar Germanicus”, (Maxime césar germanique).
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS/ S|C.
Reverse description : Maxime debout à gauche, vêtu militairement, tenant un sceptre court de la main droite et une haste transversale de la gauche ; derrière, deux enseignes militaires.
Reverse translation : “Principi Iuventutis”, (Au prince de la jeunesse).
Commentary
Portrait triomphal. Le plus bel exemplaire de ce type qu’il nous ait été donné de proposer à la vente. Pièce de musée !.
Historical background
MAXIMUS CAESAR
(+238)
Caesar
Maxime is the son of Maximin and Pauline. In 236 he received the title of Caesar and that of Prince of Youth. After the victory of Maximin I Thrace over the Germans, he is associated with his father who receives the title of Germanicus. Maximus was assassinated with his father, near Aquileia, around April 15, 238.
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